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(c) Medical Services
43.
government
major
new
a
As regards medical services, land formation work for a new
hospital started at
while Chai Wan,
of construction
hospital at Tuen Mun, extension of the Que en Mary
Hospital, expansion of Pok Oi
Oi Hospital and redevelopment of the Ruttonjee Sanatorium all progressed well. In addition, funds were set aside to meet the cost of large-scale extensions to several hospitals
subvented sector,
for including $680 million 760-bed extension to the United Christian Hospital which will more than double its size, and $224 million to allow an increase in capacity, from 150 to 700 beds, at the Yan Chai Hospital.
in
the
(d) Drug Abuse
44.
a
Preventive education among the young was extensively promoted by the Action Committee Against Narcotics, with imaginative programmes designed to maintain public awareness of the dangers of drug abuse and to enlist public co-operation in reporting the activities of street dealers. A campaign was mounted
mounted to encourage
drug abusers to seek treatment; its success was measured by the large attendances at treatment clinics. The Hong Kong Government is also considering the introduction of measures to seize the assets of drug traffickers.
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(e)
Broadcasting
45.
The Broadcasting
Opil. Ec,
vis-àvi
Chine
in 1988,
few months
Review Board, set up to advise upon
licences the expiry of present broadcasting policy after published its report in September 1985. During the next the Government will be seeking public comment on these far reaching proposals which will shape the future of television and broadcasting in Hong Kong for a long time to come.
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DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME S
regards works and
Railway Corporation
46.
Transit
As
communications,
opened the main
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